Drone Menagerie is an unrated combat site belonging to the Rogue Drones faction. It can be found via exploration as a cosmic anomaly in low-security and null-security systems across New Eden. As an ungated complex, the limitations as to which ships can complete this site are tied to the security rating of the system where the anomaly spawns (T2 Battleships for high-security systems, and up to Titans in low-security and null-security systems). This combat site has a chance to spawn a Sentient commander rogue drone, which drops drogue components and may drop faction drone modules and items.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Found via
- Combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing)
- Ship restrictions
- Not recorded
Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified
- They deal
- Varies by site — low-tier lean EM/Thermal, high-tier lean Explosive/Kinetic
- Weak to
- EM / Thermal
- EWAR used
- None
Faction-level profile, not site-specific. Tank their damage, shoot their weakness.
NPC roster C Single-source / unverified
Community-maintained wave list from the site's own wiki page — counts and triggers vary between spawns; treat as the shape, not gospel.
Initial spawn
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|
| 0-2 |
Drone Energy Neutralizing Sentry |
Sentry |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 0-2 |
Drone Wall Sentry Gun |
Sentry |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2 |
Hunter / Devilfish Alvi |
F |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 3 |
Destructor / Wrecker Alvum |
C |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
First spawn
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|
| 2-3 |
Shredder Alvior |
D |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 3 |
Devastator / Annihilator Alvum |
C |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
Second spawn
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|
| 2-3 |
Predator / Shatter Alvior |
D |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2-3 |
Enforcer Alvatis |
BC |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
Third spawn
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|
| 1 |
Devilfish Alvi |
F |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2 |
Desintegrator Alvum |
C |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
Fourth spawn
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|
| 2-3 |
Devilfish / Silverfish Alvi |
F |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 2-3 |
Striker / Crippler Alvatis |
BC |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
Commander spawn
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|
| 0-1 |
Sentient Defeater Alvatis Drops drone components, Elite Drone AI. May drop faction modules or Rogue Drone chips. |
BC |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.
Escalations
- Outgrowth Rogue Drone Hive (5/10) — Chance to escalate to Outgrowth Rogue Drone Hive (5/10) (DED 5/10) on FULL completion — community-estimated low single digits to ~8%, never published by CCP; see the Escalations & Expeditions page C Single-source / unverified
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026).
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